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Inside an Artist’s Mind with Douglas Panzone
It was really cool hearing Douglas Panzone outline his artistic process, and hearing about the vulnerability of an artist when approaching his/her own work. He mentions not wanting to use stencils/cardboard for shading because he wants it to be difficult, which is I think something that lies in the heart of a lot of graffiti… Continue reading
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HERA: Colombian graffiti artist
When I met HERA, one of Bogota’s (Colombia) highest profile female graffiti artists, I was struck by her friendliness, and her relaxed attitude to a North American showing up to watch her paint. She is confident and colourful, equal parts grounded & girlie. She is friendly, smiley and a pleasure to know. When I came… Continue reading
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ZOER CSX: Artist profile
I first came across ZOER’s graffiti work on the Internet a few years back. His style stood out as not following rules or trends. It had a personality of its own. From there I learned more about how deep his artistic talents went. This guy is freakish with acrylics, pencil, Illustrator, and presumably anything else… Continue reading
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REVOK: Detroit beautification with a group of friends
REVOK (aka Revok 1, Revok one, REVOK MSK) has teamed up with Montana Cans, The Seventh Letter, 1xRun, and Contra Projects in an effort to beautify Detroit – a city which has lost 50% of the population it had in the 1950’s. Working with fellow graffiti artists WANE, POSE, CES, DMOTE, NEKST, ASKEW, SEVER, ZES,… Continue reading
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ZOMB & EKAE spray paint a Bogota commission
(source) ZOMB of KAV Crew fame in Bogota mixes with EKAE to put together a nice commission wall in Colombia. I’m lucky to know such creative and passionate people. (source / ZOMB) Continue reading
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Bogota Street Art: Guache, Dj Lu, Toxicómano, Lesivo
I’ve maintained that Bogotá, Colombia has some of the most under-rated street art in the World. Here we see four street artists (Guache, Dj Lu, Toxicómano, Lesivo) come together and paint a huge graffiti wall in Colombia’s capital, Bogota. I’m providing a couple photos of one small part of the mural, and below is a… Continue reading
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RIME’s Zoo York spray paint work
(source) A long-time graffiti legend, iconic graffiti writer RIME MSK did some work with Zoo York and they cut a video. A huge inspiration of the OPEK LIFE crew, his voice over touches on some really important perspectives that one can only get after years in the game putting in huge work. We’ve put together… Continue reading
